Department of Ecosystem Science and Management Seminar Presented by Dr. Felicia Keesing, Biology Program, Bard College Felicia Keesing is a biologist at Bard College who studies the consequences of interactions among species. Much of her recent work focuses on how species diversity influences the probability that humans and other animals will be exposed to infectious diseases. […]

Department of Entomology Seminar Presented by Dr. Susan Paskewitz, University of Wisconsin   *Pre-Seminar Social and Refreshments at 3:30 p.m., 4th Floor Atrium, Minnie Belle Heep Center.

Dissertation Defense Presented by Caroline Arantes, ABS Student, Dept, of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences  

Presented by Dr. Thomas Clemen, Computer Science, Texas A&M University Co-hosted by Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Dept. of Ecosystem Science and Management Dr. Clemen is the leader of the MARS (Multi Agent Research and Simulation) Group at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (https://mars-group.org/). The MARS is developing a distributed and highly […]

Applied Biodiversity Science Seminar Presented by Dr. Clare Palmer, Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University (website) Abstract: There’s growing discussion of the potential use of biotechnological interventions such as facilitated adaptation and gene drives for conservation goals, in particular for species protection.  Such interventions are controversial. Much of the controversy concerns the potential risks such biotechnological interventions are thought […]